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Fast Forward German President Joachim Gauck Marvels at Return of Jews
German President Joachim Gauck in an address to a Jewish community conference in Berlin marveled at the fact that Jews want to live in his country. Gauck’s appearance Sunday was the first time a German president attended the annual conference hosted by the Central Council of Jews in Germany, the main umbrella organization representing some…
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Fast Forward German Jews Honor Pastor Who Backs Circumcision
A German pastor who defended Jews’ rights to ritual circumcision will receive the highest award of the Central Council of Jews in Germany in ceremonies in Berlin. The awarding of the Leo Baeck Prize on Thursday evening will honor Nikolaus Schneider, 66, president of the council of the Evangelical Church in Germany – the country’s…
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Opinion Stunning Nazi-Looted Art Find Reignites Question of German Restitution
The recent revelation that German authorities discovered a treasure trove of presumed-lost masterpieces of art in the dingy apartment of a Nazi art dealer’s son has reignited the complicated issue of reparations almost 50 years after Germany declared its job of restitution complete. Though the legal ramifications are byzantine, it appears that officials have a…
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Fast Forward German Jews Get Europe’s First State-Run Divinity School
Europe’s first state-run Jewish divinity program, the School for Jewish Theology, has opened at the University of Potsdam outside Berlin. The program, which was opened on Monday, is being called a groundbreaking development in the German university system, which up to now has only subsidized Catholic and Protestant theological training programs. Recently Islamic programs also…
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Fast Forward German Union Boss Vows To Fight Boycott of Israeli Settlements
German trade union leader Michael Sommer has vowed to stand up to unionists who want to boycott goods made in West Bank Settlements. “As long as I am head of this organization, there will never be aresolution that says ‘Don’t buy from Jews,’” said Sommer, 61, chair of the Federation of German Trade Unions, accepting…
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Fast Forward Germany Speeds Up Investigation Into Apartment Full of Nazi-Looted Art
Germany, under pressure to hasten inquiries into Nazi-looted art works stashed in a recluse’s flat, has sent legal experts to help local authorities in Munich resolve myriad ownership issues, Focus magazine reported on Sunday. The federal government’s intervention follows criticism that authorities stayed silent too long about 1,406 art works by European masters they stumbled…
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Fast Forward Israel Chief Rabbi Marks Kristallnacht Anniversary in Berlin
Israel’s chief Ashkenazi rabbi marked the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht with a visit to a Jewish kindergarten in Berlin. “Connecting Jews in Germany to their roots is the worthiest retort to the darkness that prevailed here 75 years ago,” Rabbi David Lau said during his first official visit to Berlin, where he went to the…
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Opinion Live Tweeting the Kristallnacht Pogroms
Exactly 75 years ago, between November 7 and 13, 1938, a wave of anti-Semitic pogroms swept across Germany and Austria. This year, a group of German historians chose to commemorate the events, which marked a turning point in the Nazi’s persecution of Jews, using an unconventional medium: Twitter. On October 28, the five historians who…
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